piggish

pig·gish  (pgsh)

adj.

1. Greedy: a piggish appetite.

2. Stubborn; pigheaded.

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piggish·ly adv.

piggish·ness n.

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piggish [ˈpɪgɪʃ]

adj

1. like a pig, esp in appetite or manners

2. Informal chiefly Brit obstinate or mean

piggishly  adv

piggishness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

piggish - resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy; "piggish table manners"; "the piggy fat-cheeked little boy and his porcine pot-bellied father"; "swinish slavering over food" hoggish, piggy, swinish, porcine gluttonous - given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink; "over-fed women and their gluttonous husbands"; "a gluttonous debauch"; "a gluttonous appetite for food and praise and pleasure"

Translations

piggish [ˈpɪgɪʃ] ADJ (in manners) → cochino, puerco; (= greedy) → glotón; (= stubborn) → tozudo, testarudo

piggish

adj

eyes, face → Schweins-

(= greedy) → gefräßig; person → verfressen (inf), → gefräßig; appetite → unmäßig, kannibalisch; (= dirty) → saumäßig (inf); (= nasty) → fies (inf), → schweinisch (inf); (= stubborn) → fies (inf)